Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I had some blueberries left over from making this clafouti the other day, so I decided to make muffins.I adapted thesetwo recipes and came up with one for blueberry spice muffins.(For 12 medium muffins) Ingredients:¾ cup sugar (adjust according to taste)4 Tbsp butter2 eggs¾ cup buttermilk1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour (reserve about 2 tsp to coat blueberries)1 tsp baking soda1 tsp baking powder1 ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg¼ tsp salt1 cup fresh blueberries, coated with a light dusting of flour

Cream the butter and sugar together, beating until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Add the buttermilk and mix.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Stir until just combined. (Don’t beat or over mix.)

Toss the blueberries coated with flour into the batter and gently fold.

Spoon the batter into the muffin tray, filling each paper-lined muffin cup till it is three-fourths full. Bake for 25 minutes or so till the tops are nice and golden brown or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean.

Serve warm.

Notes:*These muffins were not as moist as some of the muffins I usually make. I’ll try adding some applesauce to the batter the next time around.

*Although I added almost 1 ½ tsp of nutmeg, the muffins didn’t have the desired amount of flavor that I was looking for. I should spice it up a little more next time.

yummy muffins - I've never tried baking muffins but you make me want to try out! so what is the basic difference between muffins, cakes and cupcakes?? any idea? the berry posts clafoutis and muffin looks great but I am sucker for savoury stuff - parmesan popovers sounds very very droolworthy. my b-i-l would've called it 'parameswaran popovers'!!

these look absolutely terrific! i must confess--for me, a blueberry muffin isn't complete without a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon. nutmeg has always taken a backseat to cinnamon, but maybe i'll get it a shot next time. :)

Padma- I would have liked a little more of the nutmeg flavor here. I think my nutmeg was a little old and did not impart enough flaovor to the muffins despite the fact that I added almost 2 teaspoons.Have you tried looking online for a 24-cup mini muffin tray? I have one that is small but it only has 12 cups...

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